Edgar Allan Poe, check. But what other writers are known for a Baltimore connection? Someone lesser known outside of Baltimore, but revered by locals is the acerbic H. L. Mencken. […]
Columbian Exposition of 1893
The World’s Columbian Exposition or Chicago’s World’s Fair of 1893 was held from May 1 to October 30, 1893. Approximately 27 million visitors attended this fair which was organized to […]
PsycINFO: The Power of a Thesaurus
Previous posts have described the PsycINFO literature database and its limits. But searching the scholarly literature offers another major challenge: using the scholars’ language correctly. Why use the thesaurus? The […]
Flockophobic Press
“A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” That’s the well-known […]
Crime and the Victorian City
Last June, I wrote a blog post about the London Low Life database that our library had newly acquired. It is a great resource to learn about different kinds of crimes […]
Unplug!
Now that the semester is in full swing, and we are all trying to do 10 things at once, maybe it’s time to step back for a moment and think […]
Is it Midterms Already?
Spring semester is flying by and the lack of a snow event (not that I’m complaining!) seems to make it go even faster. To make room for all of our […]
The Path to Brody, Part I
A building with the latest technology, designed with users in mind and intended to be the heart of the campus. Makes you think of the Brody Learning Commons, right? Well, actually, it […]
More News! Elsevier and the Research Works Act
There’s been lots of news around and about the scholarly publishing industry lately. I’ve provided some background on the Elsevier boycott as well as why Wikipedia and other sites went […]
Literary Baltimore
Once upon a time, Baltimore was known as “the city that reads.” Then Mayor Kurt Schmoke coined this moniker in 1987, and while many have derided it, Baltimore does indeed […]